Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder

EXCLUSIVE EXPERTS SAY YOU CAN BLAME BOOZE We've all been there. A few cheeky tipples and you lose the power of rational thought. Now researchers have proved that in the haze of drunkenness beer goggles really do exist. People you wouldn't dream of fancying when sober suddenly become God's gift. In fact, according to the psychology team at Bristol University, as little as a pint-and-a-half of beer can distort people's opinions. Vodka-fuelled volunteers were asked to rate the attractiveness of 20 male and 20 female faces on a seven-point scale. The same faces were shown to volunteers who had consumed only soft drinks. The boozers scored the faces around 10 per cent higher than those who had not drunk. And the effect on men lasted up to 24 hours after alcohol consumption - giving blokes something more than just a chronic... [read full story]